The Modelling News: 1/35th scale 3t Cargo Truck, 3,6-36S Mid Prod. PmQ-Type from MiniArt.

We have the parts, decals, etch, & six marking choices in our preview of MiniArt's "Blitz" mid production in 1/35th scale in our preview...

1/35th scale 3t Cargo Truck, 3,6-36S Mid Prod. PmQ-Type from MiniArt.

3t Cargo Truck, 3,6-36S Mid Prod. PmQ-Type

From MiniArt

1/35th scale

Kit No#35449

Plastic & Photo-etched kit

Six marking choices included in the box.

Product Link in the MiniArt Website

The Subject: Opel Blitz 3.6-36s

From 1939, the Blitz 3.6 three-tonne version was used in large numbers by the German armed forces (Wehrmacht) throughout World War II. Variants included an elongated version and the four-wheel drive Blitz A. To cope with the bad road conditions and the rasputitsa mud seasons on the Eastern Front, a half-tracked Maultier ("mule") Sd.Kfz. 3 version was built using tracks and suspension based on the British Universal Carrier. Among others, these were used as service vehicles for the Messerschmitt Me 323 military transport aircraft.

The light basic model was manufactured as Blitz 2.5 in Rüsselsheim until 1942 and again from 1946, equipped with the 55 hp (41 kW) Opel Super 6 engine. On 6 August 1944, the Opelwerk Brandenburg was devastated by an RAF air raid. Until the end of the war, about 2,500 Blitz 3.6 trucks were built by order of Minister of Armaments Albert Speer at the Mannheim plant of the rival Daimler-Benz company, while production of its own Mercedes-Benz L3000 model had to be discontinued.

This Luftwaffe operated Opel has the same sides and tarp cover (tarp not supplied in this kit).

After the war, the facilities in Brandenburg were completely dismantled at the behest of the Soviet Military Administration, while Daimler-Benz in Mannheim resumed building the Blitz 3.6 under the designation L 701 until 1949. The last 467 medium trucks were again assembled by Opel in Rüsselsheim until production finally discontinued in 1954 without a successor.

A restored version in the current day looking brilliant

The Kit:
We have some nice CADs of this kit providing some details of the makeup of the model. A walk around of the whole 3t Cargo Truck, 3,6-36S Mid Prod. PmQ-Type kit.

You notice the major difference in this kit are the stringers that the canvas hood runs along when extended. The bench seats in the rear tray also give this away as a troop transporting truck.

What's in the box?
Plastic, decals & Photo etch inside the kit:

Clear parts for the windows and the lights are provided of course...

MiniArt have a decal sheet covering six markings from Luftwaffe & Wehrmacht service. There is a small photo etch sheet for the brackets, reflector jerry can inserts and some straps that cannot be rectified so easily in plastic...

There are six marking choices in this boxing, from the start of the war until 1944 from Luftwaffe & DAK to the Western to the Eastern front amongst the vehicles on offer in the box.

This kit from MiniArt will soon be available - Until then, keep an eye on the MiniArt's website or just look in here for more info on MiniArt’s new stuff.